House debates Private Members' Business

Department of the Treasury and Department of Finance and Deregulation

Monday, 3 June 2013 House of Representatives

Jamie Briggs

Jamie Briggs Mayo, Liberal Party, Chairman of the Scrutiny of Government Waste Committee

11:47 am

We share the member for Lyne's confidence in the Treasury and Finance but we certainly do not share the member for Lyne's confidence in the Treasurer and the government which the member for Lyne and the member for New England support. There is a small fact that the member for Lyne may wish to acquaint himself with—it came from an act of parliament put in place by the best Treasurer Australia has ever had, Peter Costello, in 1996—

Mr Windsor interjecting—

The member for New England might not want to follow the standing orders that he sanctimoniously claims that he supports all the time but if he would not mind not interrupting during this it would be terrific.

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